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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 53042" data-attributes="member: 307"><p></p><p></p><p>Just a note, in today's Washington Post, columnist Michael Wilbon had this to say (I've snipped it down to various excerpts to save space rather than reprint his entire column, you can read his entire column at washingtonpost.com).</p><p></p><p><em>• Michael Wilbon: If it is decided by judges, it is not a sport.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It means figure skating is no better than boxing.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Where there are Olympic judges, there is scandal.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The most distasteful Olympic affair I've ever seen in 22 years of sportswriting took place at the 1988 Seoul Games. U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr. -- yes, that Roy Jones -- hit a Korean boxer in the face, head and chest, with about 75 clean, unobstructed blows. Jones's opponent could barely stand at the end of the fight. It might be the most one-sided amateur bout I've ever seen that didn't end in a knockout.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But guess who won this fight, which, by the way, took place in Seoul?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Korean kid.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I filed my story, took a taxi to the media village, packed my stuff and flew home. I felt dirty just watching this match. An American coach I knew fairly well called me in the States a couple of days later and told me he had seen pieces of gold changing hands, and as much as I knew Jones had been jobbed, I didn't want to believe that. Judges openly accepting bribes? Didn't want to believe it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Now? Nothing surprises me when it comes to Olympics judges, and from everything we've learned the last few years, figure skating judges are worse than boxing judges.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Half of my ongoing bluster about figure skating is just my way of tweaking people who love it so, like my friend, Christine Brennan, formerly of The Post and now of USA Today. My position is that any event in which the outcome is determined exclusively by judging ain't a sport. In boxing, you can knock somebody out and prevent the judges from ever becoming involved. Brennan, who has written two books on figure skating, has always taken exception to my position. So I called her in Salt Lake City on Tuesday and asked her how she was going to defend figure skating this time, and she said: "I can't. I'm moving closer to you now."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I am going to Salt Lake City for the second half of these 16-day Games. I want to see hockey, maybe some speedskating, and I love the skiing. I want to see sports where people are matched against other people, or at the very least a clock. I have zero interest in Sasha Cohen skating under Michelle Kwan's chin.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Today, figure skating got exactly what it deserves.</em></p><p></p><p>Based on this column, I'd say that figure skating has possibly irreperably harmed itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 53042, member: 307"] [B][/b] Just a note, in today's Washington Post, columnist Michael Wilbon had this to say (I've snipped it down to various excerpts to save space rather than reprint his entire column, you can read his entire column at washingtonpost.com). [i]• Michael Wilbon: If it is decided by judges, it is not a sport. It means figure skating is no better than boxing. Where there are Olympic judges, there is scandal. The most distasteful Olympic affair I've ever seen in 22 years of sportswriting took place at the 1988 Seoul Games. U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr. -- yes, that Roy Jones -- hit a Korean boxer in the face, head and chest, with about 75 clean, unobstructed blows. Jones's opponent could barely stand at the end of the fight. It might be the most one-sided amateur bout I've ever seen that didn't end in a knockout. But guess who won this fight, which, by the way, took place in Seoul? The Korean kid. I filed my story, took a taxi to the media village, packed my stuff and flew home. I felt dirty just watching this match. An American coach I knew fairly well called me in the States a couple of days later and told me he had seen pieces of gold changing hands, and as much as I knew Jones had been jobbed, I didn't want to believe that. Judges openly accepting bribes? Didn't want to believe it. Now? Nothing surprises me when it comes to Olympics judges, and from everything we've learned the last few years, figure skating judges are worse than boxing judges. Half of my ongoing bluster about figure skating is just my way of tweaking people who love it so, like my friend, Christine Brennan, formerly of The Post and now of USA Today. My position is that any event in which the outcome is determined exclusively by judging ain't a sport. In boxing, you can knock somebody out and prevent the judges from ever becoming involved. Brennan, who has written two books on figure skating, has always taken exception to my position. So I called her in Salt Lake City on Tuesday and asked her how she was going to defend figure skating this time, and she said: "I can't. I'm moving closer to you now." I am going to Salt Lake City for the second half of these 16-day Games. I want to see hockey, maybe some speedskating, and I love the skiing. I want to see sports where people are matched against other people, or at the very least a clock. I have zero interest in Sasha Cohen skating under Michelle Kwan's chin. Today, figure skating got exactly what it deserves.[/i] Based on this column, I'd say that figure skating has possibly irreperably harmed itself. [/QUOTE]
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